These popular ’50s and ’60s names could face extinction in 2017!

Timeless names. Where would expectant parents be without them? Yep when it comes to naming our little bundles of joy what could be a better honour than taking on the moniker of Hollywood icons past and present.

But all that could be set to change, if the findings from the latest name-based research is to be believed. Yep if you thought your name had survived the cull you’d be wrong!

BabyCentre have pulled together a list of boys and girls names that are at risk of becoming ‘extinct’ this year!

The list is made up of names which haven’t been registered on the company’s website yet in 2017.

Unlike one of the most popular girl’s names so far this year – Olivia – these are the baby girl names going out of fashion and facing extinction:

Girls:

Cilla

Bertha

Cynthia

Janice

Anita

Marcia

Mildred

Dorothy

Edna

Bonnie

Cindy (Sindy)

Donna

Gail

Karen

The most popular boy’s name at the moment is Noah, but this male names are quickly falling out of fashion in favour of more modern monikers:

Boys:

Ian (Iain)

Frank

Clarence

Ricky

Edmund

Gus

Roger

Bertram

Clive

Ronald

Earlier this year, more figures from The Baby Centre – which analysed its database of 3 million UK mums, all of whom have given birth this year – found that 36 popular names from the ’50s and ’60s could also be at risk of extinction!

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